Dawa Khan Menapal, head of the Afghan government’s media and information center, was killed in an attack by unknown gunmen in Kabul on Friday, sources confirmed.
The incident happened at Darul Aman Road in the west of Kabul on Friday afternoon, sources said.
Before his job as head of the media and information center, he worked as deputy presidential spokesman from 2016 to 2020.
Menapal also served as head of the government’s media and information center in Kandahar in 2015.
He is from Zabul province in the south of Afghanistan. He had a bachelor’s degree in law and political science from Kabul University.
Menapal served as a journalist at Radio Azadi besides prior to his assignments in the government.
